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General Category => Health/Education => Topic started by: mystery-ak on November 05, 2013, 09:28:23 pm
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http://www.theminorityreportblog.com/2013/11/05/unbelievable-obama-exempts-obamacare-from-fraud-prosecutions/ (http://www.theminorityreportblog.com/2013/11/05/unbelievable-obama-exempts-obamacare-from-fraud-prosecutions/)
Unbelievable: Obama Exempts ObamaCare from Fraud Prosecutions
by Steve Foley on November 5, 2013
Strategic Move Exempts Health Law From Broader U.S. Statute
The arrogant SOB is at it again, this time exempting his signature legislation from fraud prosecutions. “The surprise decision, disclosed last week, exempts subsidized health insurance from a law that bans rebates, kickbacks, bribes and certain other financial arrangements in federal health programs, stripping law enforcement of a powerful tool used to fight fraud in other health care programs, like Medicare.”
By ROBERT PEAR, New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Affordable Care Act is the biggest new health care program in decades, but the Obama administration has ruled that neither the federal insurance exchange nor the federal subsidies paid to insurance companies on behalf of low-income people are “federal health care programs.”
The surprise decision, disclosed last week, exempts subsidized health insurance from a law that bans rebates, kickbacks, bribes and certain other financial arrangements in federal health programs, stripping law enforcement of a powerful tool used to fight fraud in other health care programs, like Medicare.
The main purpose of the anti-kickback law, as described by federal courts in scores of Medicare cases, is to protect patients and taxpayers against the undue influence of money on medical decisions.
Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, disclosed her interpretation of the law in a letter to Representative Jim McDermott, Democrat of Washington, who had asked her views. She did not explain the legal rationale for her decision, which followed a spirited debate within the administration.
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:thud:
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Just more grist for the lawsuit mills...
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Since when can the president simply say this or that is exempted from prosecution and make it stick?
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Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, disclosed her interpretation of the law in a letter to Representative Jim McDermott, Democrat of Washington, who had asked her views. She did not explain the legal rationale for her decision, which followed a spirited debate within the administration.
Her decision? Right. I'm certain this is another one that Obama knew nothing about. :peeonobama:
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Since when can the president simply say this or that is exempted from prosecution and make it stick?
Since the repugnantcans joined with the commiecrats. :nometalk:
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Since nobody is stopping him from doing anything he wants.....this is not a surprise.